Yanny or Laurel?

scottalanmiller

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/16/upshot/audio-clip-yanny-laurel-debate.html

I'm Laurel as well... don't hear Yanny until very far to the right of that slider, almost all the way.

I'm Laurel until it stops being a word. I never hear Yanny. Maybe Lambie, but there is always a leading L

JaredBusch

@scottalanmiller said in Yanny or Laurel?:

@coliver said in Yanny or Laurel?:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/16/upshot/audio-clip-yanny-laurel-debate.html

I'm Laurel as well... don't hear Yanny until very far to the right of that slider, almost all the way.

I'm Laurel until it stops being a word. I never hear Yanny. Maybe Lambie, but there is always a leading L

I clearly hear Yanny, so does Motoko.

scottalanmiller

I have odd hearing. Things like power strips and televisions that are turned off bother me from the high pitched sounds that they often make. So I might have a lot of the "yanny" sound in my normal hearing and already filter it out in speech.

Obsolesce

My wife hears Yanny and never an L. I'm complete opposite and can't figure out how there is any y or n sounds. We haven't seen the page with the slider yet, just the original clip from my link.

scottalanmiller

@obsolesce said in Yanny or Laurel?:

My wife hears Yanny and never an L. I'm complete opposite and can't figure out how there is any y or n sounds. We haven't seen the page with the slider yet, just the original clip from my link.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/16/upshot/audio-clip-yanny-laurel-debate.html

Obsolesce

@scottalanmiller said in Yanny or Laurel?:

@obsolesce said in Yanny or Laurel?:

My wife hears Yanny and never an L. I'm complete opposite and can't figure out how there is any y or n sounds. We haven't seen the page with the slider yet, just the original clip from my link.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/16/upshot/audio-clip-yanny-laurel-debate.html

Okay I have to take it all the way to the right and I hear a messed up version of Jerrey, but with a Y instead of a J.

WrCombs

It is all based off of how you hear certain frequencies.
Lower frequencies: laurel
Higher frequencies: yanny

Science is fun huh?

bnrstnr

I think the frequency response of your speakers also come into play. I only hear Laurel, period. The slider does nothing for me, but I know my hearing is severely damaged. My wife hears both depending on what speakers it's played through.

JaredBusch

@bnrstnr said in Yanny or Laurel?:

I think the frequency response of your speakers also come into play. I only hear Laurel, period. The slider does nothing for me, but I know my hearing is severely damaged. My wife hears both depending on what speakers it's played through.

That will play into it.

But My TV, car, ipad, and computer all sound like Yanny to me.

black3dynamite

I hear Yanny on my iPhone.

scottalanmiller